Search Results: Titles starting with M from Tesseract

Hardcover. Fine. 1907, 131pp. plus 21 full page plates of instruments, describes barometers, nautical globes, compasses, binnacles, etc. Covers fading.

Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1921, 159 pp., illus., not strictly a catalogue, but serving the same purpose, with 84 figures of instruments and full descriptions. $120.

1984. Paperback. New. 1984, 138pp., illustrated. Includes much on instruments, kaleidoscopes, etc.

1989 reprint of 1954. Hardcover. New. (1989 reprint of 1954), 443pp. Very useful. (Multiple copies available.)

1989 reprint of 1966. Hardcover. New. (1989 reprint of 1966), 503pp. Complements Clifton's work with extensive notes on the significant activities of the major English instrument makers. (Multiple copies available.)

Charleston, 1804. First edition. original blue wraps. Very Good. 168 large pp., 11-1/2" x 9-1/2", with one large fold-out plate, original blue paper covers, untrimmed, some browning, includes an important 21-page eulogy to GEORGE WASHINGTON, also a new method of working a lunar observation by NATHANIEL BOWDITCH, a brief description of his orrery by JOSEPH POPE, and dozens of other contributions. These are followed by a long list of donations of books and artifacts to the Academy, with names of donors, and then a list of American and foreign members, including Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Alexander Hamilton, David Ritenhouse, Sir Joseph Banks, William Herschell, etc., etc. This is an important section of the Memoirs of this very early, prestigious American scientific society, printed just five years after the death of Washington. Untrimmed, with page edges quite frayed, but with enormous multi-inch margins.

1945. First edition. Hardcover - binding discolored. Very Good. 1945, large page size, 47pp text plus 137 illustrations, primarily in color, from the Abbott Collection of paintings of the US Government. A discussion of men in wartime by an Associated Press journalist with the help of the Medical department of the US Army. The images are remarkable, a far cry from the typical battlefield scenes. Presentation copy to Commander J.E. Nadler from the well-known illustrator/painter Robert Benney "From one who has a high regard for your men who were armed with Magic Bullets." Twenty-four of the paintings are in fact by Benney.

Hardcover. Very Good. 1867, 3rd ed., 320pp., illus., including 58 full page plates, back strip rubbed and torn, otherwise good. Instruments, technique, much on observations.

1989. First edition. Paperback. New. 1989, 52pp, illus. Well researched catalogue

Rochester, N.Y.. Hardcover. Very Good. 1929, 318 pp. Useful trade catalogue, with Bausch & Lomb's complete range of instruments illustrated and described. Lovely tactile B & L binding. Pages slightly rumply.

1986. First edition. Paperback. New. 1986. Comprehensive and full illustrated catalogue of this University of Cambridge museum's holdings of microscopes in 1986.

Philadelphia, 1900. 5th edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 532 pp., extensive details on specimen preparation techniques. Ex-lib.

1993. Hardcover. New. 1993, 288pp. with 844 illustrations. A magnificent descriptive atlas of Dancer's microphotography, with superb illustrations.

Hardcover. Fine. 1930, 151pp. This guidebook includes 154 illustrations of Beck instruments and accessories, with descriptions and instructions for use.

1904. ninth edition. Hardcover. Good. 1904, 299 pp., with over 200 figures, covering all areas of microscopy instrumentation and use. An important reference. Red cloth cover somewhat rubbed and stained, and binding a bit loose, but a fine working copy.

New York, 1883. 6th edition. Hardcover. Fine. 2 vols, 388pp + 354pp., illustrated with 26 plates and 500 wood engravings, Wood's Library edition. An essential work on Victorian microscopes, their accessories, and revelations. In Wood's fine decorated red bindings.

London, 1971. Paperback. As New. Small booklet with descriptions and color illustrations of 20 interesting microscopes.

Hardcover. Good. Bulletin 136 of California State Division of Mines, 1948, 402pp. Cites locations throughout the state for all identified minerals.

5th edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1922, 315pp., illus.